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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: JOANATH HABUK <joanath.habuk@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: hjoanath@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 12:02:14 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dornation From Mrs.Joanath Habuk Alean.


Mrs Joanath Habuk Alean
Avu 2 Rue 11 zone 9
Abidjan Cote D'ivoire
West Africa.Email hjoanath@yahoo.com:
 
I have to start by introducing myself to you. I am Mrs Joanath  

Habuk Alean,suffering from cancer ailment. I am married to  Mr.

Habuk Alean
, and my husband worked with the Chevron oil company in United

Kingdom for twenty years before he died in the year 2008.
 
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of  17.5

Million (seventin Million Five Hundred Thousand United State

Dollars) with a bank in cote d' ivoire abijan. I will give you the

contact information if i see your seriosness over this matter.
   
Recently,my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to

the
stroke and cancer that i am suffering from. With this hard reality

that
has befallen my family and me, I have decided to donate this fund

to you
and i want you to use this gift which comes from my husbands

effort to help the orphans and less-privileged individuals.I took

this

decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this

money and my
husband relatives are non believers. I know that if this money is

given to them they will surely misuse it and I do not want my

husband's hard earned money to be misused.
 
Please reply to me immediately, so that i will give you the

directives on how to claim the money.
I am waiting for your urgent response.
 
Your Beloved Sister in lORD,

 
Mrs Joanath Habuk Alean.

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